Burke Brook

Burke Brook is one of those streams that started up in Downsview. After
leaving a relatively level plain in the former City of North York, it flowed
though the Chatsworth, Blythwood, Sherwood and Sunnybrook Ravines to enter the
West Don in Sunnybrook Park. It was approximately nine kilometres long and had
6 km in tributaries. Its name comes from an early settler. Burke Brook is
divided into five reaches in this account: Wilson Heights
Reach, from the Downsview area, near to the Wilson
Heights/Allen Road interchange, south east to Bathurst Street and Highway 401;
Avenue Road Reach, from Highway 401 to Lawrence Avenue;
Chatsworth Ravine Reach, Lawrence Avenue to Yonge Street;
Sherwood Park Reach, Yonge Street to Bayview Avenue; and
Sunnybrook Reach, from thence to the West Don River. Four
tributaries: Lawrence Park Stream; McDougall
Stream; Havergal Stream; &
Blythwood Stream are also described.